Hi everyone
I'm new to this group and I wanted to ask the above so we can get some advice/tips/guidance on how best to manage side affects, health and diet, etc.
My wife has bowel cancer and has just started her first treatment - due for her second round next Tuesday.
Just wondering if anybody can give any tips/advice on how best to push through it all, what to expect (her first week has been fine in regards to side affects, etc and she's mostly felt tired and had intermittent waves of nausea). No doubt, I assume it may very well get harder and harder with each round.
So I wanted to ask for any suggestions/tips, etc on what sort of eating plan is good (alkaline/protein/carbs or a balance of all of them?) and what side affects you might have experienced and what you did to help, etc.
Of course, I appreciate everyone is different, but basically, any tips and suggestions are all welcome.
Sending you all positive well wishes.
Thank you so much.
Hi Dynamic Duo and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I'm sorry to read that your wife has bowel cancer and it's natural to want to try and do the best you can.
As the online community is divided into different support forums I'm going to recommend that you join the bowel cancer forum which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support from others who have a similar diagnosis to your wife.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your wife's diagnosis and proposed treatment into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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